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| PROGRESSIVE MUSIC ICONS DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCENEW LIVE RELEASE – QUARANTIÈME: LIVE À PARIS –THE FIRST SINCE MIKE PORTNOY’S RETURN |
| Live Release of 40th Anniversary Headline Show in Paris by the Iconic Lineup of James LaBrie, John Myung, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy and Jordan Rudess – Out on November 28th – Now Available for Pre-Order at:https://dream-theater.lnk.to/Quarantieme-Album Band Currently on Tour in the Unted States https://dreamtheater.net/tour/ |
| (New York, NY) – With the US tour underway and playing to excited fans across the country, GRAMMY®-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater are releasing a new live release on November 28th via their longtime label partner Inside Out Music/Sony Music. Quarantième: Live à Paris documents the the iconic lineup of James LaBrie [vocals], John Petrucci [guitar], John Myung [bass], Jordan Rudess [keyboards] and Mike Portnoy’s [drums] sold-out show from Paris, France on their 40th Anniversary headline tour of Europe. The release contains a setlist that spans the band’s entire career with classics like “Metropolis Pt. 1,” “Panic Attack,” “Octavarium,” and “Pull Me Under” represented among other fan favorites. The show was recorded in front of a capacity crowd at the Adidas Arena. To coincide with the announcement, the band is releasing the live version of “Overture 1928 / Strange Déjà Vu” via all Digital Services Providers and a video of the performance can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4En-2FfOgA. “From the moment we announced our 40th anniversary tour, we knew it would be a very special event for both the band and our fans and must be captured. With this release, our performance in Paris is presented so beautifully in both stunning audio and video and really encapsulates this momentous occasion for all to enjoy,” explains John Petrucci. “We always knew this tour would be unforgettable because not only were we celebrating 4 decades since forming the band, but also the reunion of the band’s classic lineup. The excitement and emotions between us and our fans at each and every show were palpable and totally off the charts! The night captured here in Paris was an epic evening that we can now share with the whole world to celebrate this incredible tour,” adds Mike Portnoy. Presented in several formats, with artwork by longtime collaborator Hugh Syme, Quarantième: Live à Paris will be available as a Limited Deluxe 3CD+3Blu-ray artbook, including 68-pages of photos and artwork as well as an additional Blu-ray of bonus material. It will also be available as a Special Edition 3CD+2Blu-ray Digipak, Limited Deluxe 180g 4LP boxset & digitally. The Blu-ray includes the full show with Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound, & high-resolution stereo audio. Quarantième: Live à Paris is now available for pre-order here: https://dream-theater.lnk.to/Quarantieme-Album. The tracklisting for Quarantième: Live à Paris: |
| CD1: 1. Metropolis Pt. 1 2. Overture 1928 3. Strange Déjà Vu 4. The Mirror 5. Panic Attack 6. Barstool Warrior 7. Hollow Years 8. Constant Motion 9. As I Am CD2: 1. Orchestral Overture 2. Night Terror 3. Under A Glass Moon 4. This Is The Life 5. Vacant 6. Stream of Consciousness 7. Octavarium CD3: 1. Home 2. The Spirit Carries On 3. Pull Me Under | Blu-ray 1: 1. Metropolis Pt. 1 2. Overture 1928 3. Strange Déjà Vu 4. The Mirror 5. Panic Attack 6. Barstool Warrior 7. Hollow Years 8. Constant Motion 9. As I Am Blu-ray 2: 1. Orchestral Overture 2. Night Terror 3. Under A Glass Moon 4. This Is The Life 5. Vacant 6. Stream of Consciousness 7. Octavarium 8. Home 9. The Spirit Carries On 10. Pull Me Under |
| Dream Theater is currently on tour in the United States continuing their An Evening With Dream Theater run that will celebrate the band’s recent chart-topping 16th studio album, Parasomnia. Dream Theater will be performing their latest album in its entirety, as well as performing the entire 7-movement masterpiece “A Change of Seasons” for the first time since Mike Portnoy’s return as well as other classics and fan favorites from their catalog. The tour is scheduled for 30 cities across the United States, kicked off September 5th in Reading, PA and runs through October 25th where it wraps in Long Island, NY. The tour promises to be an unforgettable evening of music. More information on all tickets and VIP packages can be found at https://dreamtheater.net/tour/. An Evening With Dream Theater 2025 Tour |
| September 16 – Charlotte, NC – Owens Auditorium September 18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Benedum Center September 19 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life (Festival) September 21 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre September 22 – Peoria, IL – Prairie Home Alliance Theater September 24 – Milwaukee, WI – Miller High Life Theatre September 25 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre September 27 – Des Moines, IA – Vibrant Music Hall September 29 – Colorado Springs, CO – Pikes Peak Center October 3 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock (Festival) October 4 – Oceanside, CA – Frontwave Arena | October 5 – Long Beach, CA – Long Beach Terrace Theater October 7 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center – Ikeda Theater October 8 – El Paso, TX – Abraham Chavez Theatre October 11 – Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Theater October 13 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland October 14 – St. Louis, MO – The Factory October 17 – Hammond, IN – The Venue at Horseshoe Hammond October 18 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre October 20 – Syracuse, NY – Landmark Theatre October 22 – Providence, RI – Veterans Memorial Auditorium October 23 – Schenectady, NY – Proctor’s Theatre October 25 – Long Island, NY – Nassau Coliseum |
| An album that was fifteen years in the making, Dream Theater released their sixteenth studio album, Parasomnia on February 7, 2025, via their longtime label home, Inside Out Music/Sony Music. From the opening track “In The Arms Of Morpheus” to the closer of “The Shadow Man Incident,” Dream Theater returned with a collection of songs that showcased what has earned the band a loyal following for four decades. Clocking in at 71 minutes, Parasomnia debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums, the Hard Music Albums and Current Rock Albums chart selling over 18,000 combined units the first week. It also debuted at #41 on the Billboard 200 which is notable for a progressive metal band and shows the bands devout fanbase. The album has spawned music videos for the tracks “Night Terror,” “Midnight Messiah,” “A Broken Man,” and most-recently, “Bend The Clock.” Parasomnia is a term for disruptive, sleep-related disturbances including sleepwalking, sleep paralysis, and night terrors. The album was produced by Petrucci, engineered by James ‘Jimmy T’ Meslin, and mixed by Andy Sneap. Hugh Syme returns once again to lend his creative vision to the cover art. More information can be found at: www.dreamtheater.net. |
| Dream Theater L to R: Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, James LaBrie, John Myung, Jordan Rudess (Photo Credit: Mark Maryanovich) Beyond selling millions of records worldwide and gathering a billion-plus streams, Dream Theater have quietly evolved into progressive metal trailblazers over the course of an unprecedented journey earmarked by one unforgettable milestone after another. The career-launching Images & Words graced Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All-Time,” while Awake claimed #1 on Guitar World’s “Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994.” In addition to emerging as Classic Rock’s “15th Greatest Concept Album,” Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory toppled a fan-voted Rolling Stone poll as the “Number One All-Time Progressive Rock Album.” They shook the charts with three Top 10 debuts on the Billboard 200 and headlined sold out shows everywhere from Radio City Music Hall to Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The band garnered a GRAMMY® Award in the category of “Best Metal Performance” for “The Alien” from 2021’s A View From The Top of the World. Of the latter, PROG raved, “Not just proper Dream Theater, then, but something ever-so-slightly bigger and better,” and Consequence attested, “A View From the Top of the World shows that the quintet is still offering music that is easily on par with their earlier efforts.” Now, Dream Theater have returned to their roots as James LaBrie [vocals], John Petrucci [guitar], John Myung [bass], and Jordan Rudess [keyboards] reunite with Mike Portnoy [drums] during their fortieth anniversary. Simultaneously, these five old friends enter a bold new era fueled by some of the most focused, formidable, and fiery music of their career. They’re harnessing the memories of the past and the promise of the future in order to make the most of the present. Ultimately, the group’s sixteenth full-length album, Parasomnia [Inside Out Music/Sony Music], represents both where they came from and where they’re going as not only bandmates, but as brothers. |
